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The toxic algal bloom in South Australia is killing marine life.

‘A dead shark, dead rays, dead fish, dead cuttlefish’: The toxic algal bloom is spreading

The federal government has announced a $14 million funding package for South Australia but resisted calls to declare the algal bloom a natural disaster.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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The neon green waters of Edithburgh in South Australia, last week.

South Australia’s algal bloom has spread. Here’s why the rest of Australia should be worried

Sharks, rays, octopus and penguins are among more than 330 species killed by the mass algal bloom washing across South Australia’s coasts. It won’t end there.

  • Bianca Hall
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Barrelling down the hot gale plain to see Cooper

Life on the Natural Sciences Loop.

Ethel Beach.

The Yorke Peninsula, South Australia's best-kept holiday secret

The Yorke Peninsula has always been a favourite getaway for South Australians, yet has remained off the radar to interstate visitors. They don't know what they've been missing.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
Views along the South Australian coastline on the Yorke Peninsula, with two women on walking trail

Yorke Peninsula, South Australia travel guide: A spectacular, forgotten place

I realise I'm entering a place of great beauty; stretched out below, jagged cliffs underscored by white beaches.

  • Andrew Bain
Warooka, SA

Warooka, South Australia: Travel guide and things to do

Warooka (including Corny Point and Point Turton) is the last major township on Yorke Peninsula

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Yorketown, SA

Yorketown, South Australia: Travel guide and things to do

Yorketown is a major service town on the southern tip of the Yorke Peninsula

The ?iron shed? Port Victoria Museum.

Grain waves

Bruce Elder gets a lesson in Yorke Peninsula's maritime history that is all but forgotten.

Treasure with a copper tinge

Carol West skirts a coastline heavy with metal and memories.

The jetty at Edithburgh

Edithburgh - Places to See

Edithburgh (including Coobowie) Delightful holiday town which was once an important port. Edithburgh is located 233 km west of Adelaide via the Princes Highway and 255 km south of Port Pirie, is one of the major holiday destinations on the Yorke Peninsula. It is an ideal fishing, swimming and scuba diving destination and the town is characterised by a substantial number of impressive historic buildings.

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